"Shame, isnâ€™t it? That we only like our heroes out in the street when they are looking their best and their uniforms are â€˜spit and polished,â€™ and not when theyâ€™re showing us the wounds they suffered on our behalf."

-- Jacqueline Winspear

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“Perhaps our Congress will be Exalted on a high Gallows.”
“He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.”
“In crucial things, unity. In important things, diversity. In ALL things, generosity.”

Source : Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1989
“Housetops were covered with 'gazers'; all wharves that offered a view were jammed with people ... As British officers happily reminded one another, it was the largest fleet ever seen in American waters. In fact it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century, the largest, most powerful force ever sent forth by Britain or any other nation.”
“Making wishes on the elephant is emotionally dangerous, because inevitably one's hopes rise abnormally high, unhealthily high, and when the wish does not come true, one's high hopes get crushed more painfully than if one had not asked for the help of supernatural powers. Therefore, one should always try to make the wish casually and forget about it instantly after making it, which is what I try to do now.”
“If there's one thing I learned from Rodrick, it's to set people's expectations real low so you end up surprising them by practically doing nothing at all.”

Source : Simone Elkeles (2011). “Perfect Chemistry”, p.202, Simon and Schuster
“Architecture is the art of how to waste space.”

Source : New York Times 27 Dec. 1964, p. 9E
“Terrorists have already attacked our Nation once. There is every reason to believe that they will try again - possibly with a weapon of mass destruction; a weapon that could be smuggled into our ports.”

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